Lesson 2 · January 13, 1900
The Communion
Jerusalem, A. D. 31.
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- 1.How did Jesus express His feelings regarding the last Passover He was to eat with His disciples? .
- 2.What further statement did Jesus make concerning His participation in the Passover? . See note 1. Side texts: ; .
- 3.Having finished washing the disciples' feet, and being again seated at the feast, what did Jesus say was to befall Him? . Side texts: ; .
- 4.At this announcement how were the disciples affected? What did they say? . Side texts: .
- 5.What answer did Jesus make to their queries? . Side texts: ; .
- 6.How was the traitor to be pointed out? . See note 2.
- 7.By what question did Judas try to appear innocent? .
- 8.While they were still eating, what did Jesus do? . See note 3.
- 9.What did He next do and say? . Side texts: .
- 10.Having been presented with the evidence of his guilt, what then seized upon Judas? What did he immediately do? .
- 11.Upon Judas' voluntary departure from the company, what did Jesus say? .
- 12.For what purpose was this ceremony preserved to the Lord's people? Side texts: .
- 13.How long is the ordinance to continue in the church? Side texts: .
Reading
Notes
chapter 72; "Spirit of Prophecy," vol. 3, chapter 6.
1. The Passover had more significance than merely to point to the death of Christ as a sacrifice for sin. Its very name is derived from the act of the avenging angel passing over God's people in Egypt—those who had the blood of the sacrificial lamb on their door-posts—when the first-born of the rebellious Egyptians were being slain. As the deliverance of Israel from Egypt to dwell in the promised land was a type of the final deliverance of God's people to inherit the land promised to Abraham's seed, so the fulfilment of the Passover will not be complete until God's people reach the final consummation.
2. It seemed necessary to indicate beforehand the definite course matters were to take, in order to confirm the disciples in their faith, and so fortify them against the heresy that all these events were accidental. Christ wished His disciples to understand that He knew the hearts of all men. .
3. The Passover lamb which they had just eaten was a type of Christ, and would meet its antitype when He should expire on the cross. The Lord's Supper, which was then instituted, in which they partook of the bread and the fruit of the vine, was to continue until the fulfilment of the mission of Christ. When He comes the second time, and gathers His disciples around the board at the "marriage supper of the Lamb," then Christ will drink of the new fruit of the vine with His disciples, in the kingdom of God. .
Bible texts in this lesson
Matthew 26:21-29 · Mark 14:18-25 · Luke 22:15-23 · John 13:21-32 · Luke 22:15 · Luke 22:16 · Luke 14:15 · Revelation 19:9 · Matthew 26:21 · Mark 14:18 · John 13:21 · John 13:22 · John 13:23 · John 13:24 · Psalms 22:16-18 · Isaiah 53:7-10 · John 13:25 · John 13:26 · Matthew 26:25 · Matthew 26:26 · Matthew 26:27-29 · Luke 22:29 · Luke 22:30 · John 13:27-30 · John 13:31-35 · 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 · 1 Corinthians 11:26 · John 2:25 · Matthew 26:29
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